diff --git a/hw/ppc/spapr.c b/hw/ppc/spapr.c
index 970093e6b593b6d9b974de9cffcee04e7ac4dfa7..1cb09e7c64829b35f6b15713b9e4645905de6bd1 100644
--- a/hw/ppc/spapr.c
+++ b/hw/ppc/spapr.c
@@ -1827,7 +1827,7 @@ static int htab_save_iterate(QEMUFile *f, void *opaque)
     /* Iteration header */
     if (!spapr->htab_shift) {
         qemu_put_be32(f, -1);
-        return 0;
+        return 1;
     } else {
         qemu_put_be32(f, 0);
     }